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Flavia Bustreo, Rajat Khosla, Awa Marie Coll-Seck and Marleen Temmerlan argue that need for a transformational shift on gender equity in global health is urgent.
It is an…
Sam Pryke explores how globalisation aids Russia.
A feature of globalisation is that it affords the possibility for the redirection of the flows that are integral to it when they…
The 'Global South' has never been easy to define. Grouping such a diverse range of places together under a single label can seem simplistic. That's particularly true at a time…
Measuring progress by Gross Domestic Product leads straight to gender injustice, austerity and environmental ruin. Anam Parvez Butt and Alex Bush introduce a new Oxfam discussion…
The UK will extract as much oil and gas from the North Sea as possible, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said last week as he announced more than 100 new drilling licenses. Only a few…
Europe is placing insurmountable barriers in front of Africans trying to get visas to visit. This policy is denying people opportunities and doing Europe more harm than good…
The ESRS has been hailed as innovative, a watershed. We study its innovativeness relative to existing corporate sustainability policies and find that its not innovative in the…
Elise Stephenson and Susan Harris Rimmer explore new research on diversity within intelligence agencies and its implications.
In recent years, many global intelligence agencies…
David J. Hunter, Kyriaki Nanou and Heather Lodge report on how trade and health policy can collaborate.
The Global Policy Institute (GPI) at Durham University hosted and…
China and Latin America: Development, Agency, and Geopolitics by Chris Alden and Alvaro Mendez. London: Bloomsbury 2023. 281 pp., £70 hardcover 9781786992536, £22.99 paperback…
Kristin Bergtora Sandvik discusses the broader implications of evolving AI for humanitarian action, aid work, and aid workers.
Generative AI: From same, same but different to…
How to Engage Policy Makers with your Research: The Art of Informing and Impacting Policy. Edited by Tim Vorley, Pro Vice-Chancellor and Dean, Syahirah Abdul Rahman. Edward Elgar…
On both sides of the Atlantic, political leaders are attacking the integrity of international arbitration as a mechanism for resolving disputes, especially between private parties…
Les Coleman finds the UN-led framework to tackle global warming has failed dismally, and calls for a practical, devolved approach.
The next climate change Conference will be held…
MSc International Development and Humanitarian Emergencies student, Kubilay Ogutcu interviews Dr. Kristin Surak about her upcoming book The Golden Passport: Global…